Laura Tobin with the Monsoon forecast. Per saperne di più.

Cuba is battling the worst drought in 50 years that has lasted for nearly three years. Crops have been destroyed and with strict water restrictions in place, farmers are now beginning to lose their livestock. Per saperne di più.

The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant has suspended some of its outdoor work due to a tropical storm, just days after it admitted it was not prepared for harsh weather. Per saperne di più.

An impressive waterspout, spiralling up into a bank of clouds, has been filmed off the coast of New South Wales in Australia. A camera crew for an Australian broadcaster, 7 News, caught the column of water on camera, estimating it to be 600m tall. Per saperne di più.

The American city hit by the country’s worst tornado for 60 years has been remembering the 142 people who died. Per saperne di più.

Two wildfires have destroyed at least 12 homes on the outskirts of the Texas Panhandle city of Amarillo. Per saperne di più.

The Mississippi River displaced thousands on its march to the sea, despite dramatic action to stem the losses. The rising waters led the Army Corps of Engineers to blow up a Missouri levee to save Midwest communities and open spillways in Louisiana to lessen the risk in heavily populated places like New Orleans. Per saperne di più.

The governor of flood-plagued Montana ordered more National Guard troops to join the anti-flood effort, while states downstream along the bloated Missouri River strengthened levees and laid sandbags ahead of the release of waters from dams and reservoirs. Per saperne di più.

I prezzi dei prodotti alimentari di base sarà più che raddoppiato in 20 anni a meno che i leader del mondo di agire per riformare il sistema alimentare globale, Oxfam ha avvertito. Da 2030, il costo medio di colture chiave un aumento compreso fra 120% e 180%, la carità previsioni. La metà di tale aumento sarà causato dai cambiamenti climatici, Oxfam predice, nella sua relazione Crescere un futuro migliore. Per saperne di più.

Heavy snowmelt and the rainiest spring ever here have combined to send the lake to its highest levels on record. Hundreds of businesses, summer camps, cottages and year-round homes along the lake’s New York and Vermont shores have been affected — to varying degrees — for more than a month. Per saperne di più.